Jesu, God of our salvation

Verse 1
Jesu! God of our salvation,
Hear our call;
Save us all,
By thy death and passion.

Verse 2
Jesu! See thine helpless creature;
Bow the skies,
God arise,
All thy foes to scatter.

Verse 3
Jesu! Manifest thy glory
In this hour,
Shew thy power,
Drive thy foes before thee.

Verse 4
Jesu! Help, thou serpent-bruiser;
Bruise his head,
Woman’s seed,
Cast down the accuser.

Verse 5
Jesu! Wound the dragon, wound him;
Make him roar,
Break his power,
Let thine arm confound him.

Verse 6
Jesu! Come, and bind him, bind him,
Let him feel
His own hell,
Let thy fury find him.

Verse 7
Jesu! Than the strong man stronger,
Enter thou,
Let thy foe
Keep thee out no longer.

Verse 8
Suffer him no more to harm her,
Make her clean,
Purge her sin,
Take away his armour.

Verse 9
Jesu! Mighty to deliver,
Satan foil,
Take the spoil
Make her thine for ever.

Verse 10
Jesu! All to thee is given:
All obey,
Own thy sway,
Hell, and earth, and heaven.

Verse 11
Jesu! Let this soul find favour
In thy sight,
Claim thy right,
Come, O come, and save her.

Verse 12
From the hand of hell retrieve her,
Jesu, Lord,
Speak the word,
Bid the tempter leave her.

Verse 13
Hide her till the storm be over,
King of kings,
Spread thy wings,
Christ, her weakness cover.

Verse 14
Jesu! Wherefore dost thou tarry?
Hear thine own,
Cast him down,
Quell the adversary.

Verse 15
Jesu! Shall he still devour?
Is thine ear
Slow to hear?
Hast thou lost thy power?

Verse 16
Shorten’d is thy hand, O Saviour?
Save her now,
Shew that thou
Art the same for ever.

Verse 17
O Omnipotent Redeemer,
Hell rebuke
With thy look,
Silence the blasphemer.

Verse 18
Jesu! All his depths discover,
All unfold,
Loose his hold,
Let the charm be over.

Verse 19
Jesu! Is it past thy finding?
Find and shew,
Break the vow,
Let it not be binding.

Verse 20
Break the dire confederacy:
Shall it stand?
No—command,
Say, “’Tis I release thee.”

Verse 21
Satan, hear the name of Jesus!
Hear and quake,
Give her back;
This[1] the name that frees us.

Verse 22
Jesu! Claim thy ransom’d creature,
Let the foe
Feel and know
Thou in us art greater.

Verse 23
Strengthen’d by thy great example,
Let us tread
On his head,
On his kingdom trample.

Verse 24
Drive him to th’ infernal region,
Chase, O chase,
To his place,
Tho’ his name be legion.

Verse 25
Is not faith the same for ever?
Let us see,
Signs from thee,
Following the believer!

[1] Wesley changed“This” to “To” in 1743.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "Prayer for One That is Lunatick and Sore Vex’d." Introduced in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1741), published by John Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1741). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 2 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 29.
Publishing: Public Domain